[Abhishek localhost ~]$ sudo yum clean metadata Loading "fastestmirror" plugin 9 metadata files removed [Abhishek localhost ~]$ sudo yum clean metadata Loading "fastestmirror" plugin 0 metadata files removed [Abhishek localhost ~]$ sudo yum install picasa Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfilegoogle 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.6 kB 00:00 livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00 primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 267 kB 00:38 http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 268 kB 00:32 http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/8/i386/repodata/primary.sqlite.bz2: [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum
Trying other mirror.primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 256 kB 00:33
Current download cancelled, interupt again within two seconds to exit. Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 11:19:14 -0700, Simon Sekidde wrote:I'm not certain picasa resides on livna. Try this simple approachrpm -ivh http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386/picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpmYou misinterpret the yum output. In the OP's quoted mail, notice the repository with the name "google". It's just that metadata download problems with livna prevent yum from working at all. It's like a denial-of-service for yum. "yum install picasa" should just work and not fail because yum chokes on bad metadata. Hopefully in the not too distant future the metadata files will be renamed, so a repository still carries old metadata while syncing updates.yum install picasa Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfilegoogle 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00--snip--